Healthcare systems worldwide are facing financial pressure due to increasing costs and demands. This has led to a reduction in access to drugs and services for patients. Medical graduates are also affected, as they are choosing to go into private equity rather than residency due to the low pay and long hours associated with residencies.
Care Coordination and Partnership with Optum
Ann Cappellari, Chief Medical Information Officer at SSM Health, speaks about care coordination and their partnership with Optum. The objective of the session is to discuss how SSM is changing acute care delivery and leveraging partnerships to do so. The data from Optum highlights an average length of stay for Medicare patients, which is higher than the national average.
Improving Efficiency with Optum Analytics
Optum brings analytics, project management, process improvement, and technology to the partnership. Healthcare systems can use this data to identify outliers and improve efficiency. They are also helping with care variation reduction projects, such as perioperative services, cath lab, and blood utilization. Additionally, Optum emphasizes staff competency and empowerment, and helps define care management standards of practice.
The Role of Multidisciplinary Teams in Healthcare
During the conversation, a question was asked about how a multidisciplinary team can efficiently complete orders and tasks within 45 seconds to a minute. This largely depends on the facilities, personnel, and room availability at each site. However, there are tools such as order sets, which are designed for centralized operations. Virtual tools such as Microsoft Teams can also be used for asynchronous messaging. Optum has a risk-based model for reimbursement based on cost savings, and SSM has a physician advisor on most of their teams for utilization review.
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